Shocking figures reveal a THIRD of inmates aren’t allowed a daily shower

Shocking figures reveal that a third of Liverpool prisoners aren’t allowed a daily shower. Exclusive figures from prison watchdog the Howard League for Penal Reform paint a damning picture of prison conditions. The new report revealed that just 65% of prisoners in HMP Liverpool in Walton were allowed to shower every day in 2017 – making it one of the worst of the 119 prisons surveyed. Belmarsh prison in south-east London had the worst rating, with just 17% of prisoners claiming they were allowed to shower every day. Only three prisons in the country had a 100% success rating. Elsewhere in Liverpool, Altcourse prison saw 95% of its prisoners claim they were allowed a daily shower. The Howard League analysed the results from prisoner surveys undertaken by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons during each Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: “The government has said that it wants prisons to be clean and decent, but is ignoring the fact that thousands of children and adult men are smelly and dirty because they cannot get a shower. “It’s no good cleaning up prisons if prisoners are not able to keep clean. “If we want people to be work ready, and ready to reintegrate to lead a good and useful life, people in prison must be at least able to have a shower every morning, eat breakfast and face the day with purpose. “Squalor and idleness will not ready people to be law-abiding citizens on release. “Bold… [Read full story]